Watch and clock oiler



No Model.)

J. V. ZIMM'ERMAN.

WATCH AND CLOCK OILER.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE V. ZIMMERMAN, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

WATCH AND CLOCK OILEVR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,677, dated September 21, 1886.

Applieation filed July 13, 1886. Serial No. 207,855). (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J EssE V. ZIMMERMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State 5 of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in XVatch and Clock Oilers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention is designed more particularly for application to the bottles in which the 01'- dinary watch and clock oil of commerce is supplied to the market, (although it may be applied to a can or other vessel,) and has for 15 its object to produce an oiler which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, and shall protect the oil from dust and wastage, and shall be adapted to the oiling of both watches and clocks, as may be desired.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiarities of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described, whereby the flow of oil from the bottle or receptacle is regulated, and the size of the discharge-orifice in the end of the nozzle enlarged or diminished at pleasure, to adapt it to the lubrication of bearings of different sizes.

Referring to the drawings for a-better un derstanding of my invention, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a bottle with my improx ed devices applied thereto. Fig. 2is a modification of the same, in which such devices are shown applied to an ordinary can; and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail upon an enlarged scale, showing more clearly certain features of my invention.

A represents a bottle or other convenient receptacle in which oil is to be contained, and B is the stopper therefor. This stopper, to which my improvements are applied, may be made of any suitable material, but preferably of cork, and has passing through its center longitudinally of its axis the tube or nozzle 0, which, being somewhat greater in length than said cork, extends both above and below the same. D is a needle or rod arranged within said tube or nozzle so as to project a short distance beyond the ends thereof, and is provided at a suitable point near its lower end with a collar, d, and an elastic washer, e, the two latter forming a valve by means of which the flow of oil from the bottle or receptacle is controlled.

E is-a spiral. spring connected at one end to r the stopper and at the other to the lower end of the needle or rod, and serves to hold the latter normally thrust forward with its upper end protruding from the upper end of the tube or nozzle, and to press thecollar and elastic washer thereon against the lower end of the same.

Fis a cap detaehably secured to the upper end of the tube or nozzle, and is provided in its upper end with a discharge-orifice of smaller diameter than that of the interior of the tube or nozzle, its object being to adapt the oiler to the lubrication of bearings of smaller dimensions than is practicable when the said tube or nozzle alone is employed.

G is a vent-tube passing down through the stopper to admit air. to the bottle, and is provided with a suitable cap or stopper, H, as shown, to close the same when desired.

The operation of my oiler is as follows: When it is desired to oil the bearings of a watch, the parts are arranged as sh own in the drawings, with the cap F applied to the upper end of the tube or nozzle, so as to reduce the size of the discharge end thereof to its lowest limit, the collar d and washer 6 being pressed tightly against the lower end of the tube or nozzle, so as to close the same, and the needle or rod D being thrust forward, with its upper pointed end protruding slightly from the up per end of the tube or. nozzle. The bottle or other receptacle is then inverted, and the end of the needle or rod D is placed upon the bearing to be lubricated and gently pressed against the same. This forces the needle or rod upward within the bottle, removing the collar (1 and washer e from the lower end of the tube or nozzle, and allowing the oil to flow through. it along the needle or rod and upon the part desired. WVhen the proper amount of oil has been supplied, the pressure is withdrawn and the needle or rod returns to its original position, carrying the collar 01 and washer 0 against the lower end of the tube or nozzle, and closing it against the passage of further oil. To lubricate the bearings of a clock the parts are arranged in the same manner, with the exception that the cap Gis removed from the end of the tube or nozzle, in order that the oil. may flow with greater freedom, and the oiler is operated in precisely the same way as when lu bricating the parts of a watch.

In Fig. 2 I have shown. my improved oiler applied to an ordinary can, the stopper being made of such form as to screw into and fit the threaded neck thereof. In all. other respects the construction shown in this figure is identical with that illustrated in. Fig. 1.

I sometimes find it convenient to cover the stopper with a rubber or other cap, especially when made of cork, to exclude the air therefrom and to prevent the oil which passes through it from running down the outside of the bottle, and such an arrangement I have shown at I in Fig. '1, wherein said cap is illustrated as extending over the stopper and bein secured to the neck of the'bottle.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce an oiler adapted to the lubrication of watches, clocks, and other light machinery, which is exceedingly simple in construction and efii cient in its operation.

I am aware that it is not new to construct oil-cans with needles or rods arranged within their nozzles for regulating the action. of valves at their lower ends orwithin the same, and do not, therefore, broadly claimsuch com bination of parts, but

WVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the stopper B, tube or nozzle 0, needle or rod D, oil-regulating valve, and spring E, secured to the stopper and to the needle or rod, of the detachable cap F, applied to the end of such tube or nozzle, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the stopper B, tube or nozzle 0, needle or rod D, having the collar d and elastic washer 0 thereon, and the spring E, of the detachable cap F, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the stopper B,

having the vent-tube G and stopper H, the tube ornozzle O, needle or rod D, provided with the collar d and elastic washer e thereon, and the spring E, of the detachable cap F, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with the stopper B, tube or nozzle 0, needle or rod D, oil-regulat ing valve, spring E, and means for reducing the size of the orifice in the delivery end ol.

said tube or nozzle, substantially as described.

' JESSE V. ZIHMERMAN.

Witnesses:

FRANK M. JEFFERSON, ROBERT A. LITTLE. 

